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I have been reading Janet Evanovich's Plum books for years since I first picked up One for the Money. Priceless. Each book got better and better. They were rich with fantastic storylines, wit, fast-paced action, laugh-out-loud moments, heart-pounding moments, and characters that I grew to know and love.
As I read, book after book, year after year, I watched with glee as Janet catapulted to #1 bestselling status. She deserved it. The books were the best.
They are fiction. I know that. They are supposed to be funny. I know that.
Funny in the Evanovich earlier books used be witty and sharp. The storylines and characters were rich, exciting, sexy, with attitude, and scary with plots well written.
Plum Spooky falls very short of any of the above. It is silly, inane and juvenile. Could appeal to pre-teen and teen boys that revel in gross bodily functions. Characters I had known and loved now fit in the "what the????" category. Again, another book by Evanovich that reads like a bad three stooges episode.
Janet Evanovich needs to pull her old books off her shelf and read them. If she cannot go into her office and write like she used to, she needs to call it quits.
At almost $30 for a hardcover book, this is a rip-off and total waste of my hard-earned money.
This is the last Evanovich book I will read until I start reading reviews that assure me that the Janet Evanovich books are as good as they used to be.
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Plum Spooky (Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet Evanovich
I love books, January 10, 2009
I have been reading Janet Evanovich's Plum books for years since I first picked up One for the Money. Priceless. Each book got better and better. They were rich with fantastic storylines, wit, fast-paced action, laugh-out-loud moments, heart-pounding moments, and characters that I grew to know and love.As I read, book after book, year after year, I watched with glee as Janet catapulted to #1 bestselling status. She deserved it. The books were the best.
They are fiction. I know that. They are supposed to be funny. I know that.
Funny in the Evanovich earlier books used be witty and sharp. The storylines and characters were rich, exciting, sexy, with attitude, and scary with plots well written.
Plum Spooky falls very short of any of the above. It is silly, inane and juvenile. Could appeal to pre-teen and teen boys that revel in gross bodily functions. Characters I had known and loved now fit in the "what the????" category. Again, another book by Evanovich that reads like a bad three stooges episode.
Janet Evanovich needs to pull her old books off her shelf and read them. If she cannot go into her office and write like she used to, she needs to call it quits.
At almost $30 for a hardcover book, this is a rip-off and total waste of my hard-earned money.
This is the last Evanovich book I will read until I start reading reviews that assure me that the Janet Evanovich books are as good as they used to be.
(6 of 12 readers found this comment helpful)